Blink-182's Mark Hoppus loves Vancouver's Japandroids

You’ve seen them on the cover of the Georgia Straight, not to mention the pages of just about every taste-making publication in North America. Now, the Japandroids have been named the new favourite band of Mark Hoppus.

In the first installment of a new weekly Spin on-line feature called Hopp on Pop, the booby-obsessed bassist for Blink-182 speaks glowingly of the Vancouver noise-pop duo, arguing that "There are a lot of two-piece acts out there right now and some are really great, but Japandroids just sound really different from anything out there."

In his pick-of-the-week piece, Hoppus reveals that he discovered Japandroids while getting his hair cut. His barber likes to talk music with him and turned him onto the team of singer-guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse.

Hoppus singles out "Heart Sweats" as his favourite track on Japandroids debut album, Post-Nothing, noting that it reminds him of early Smashing Pumpkins.

For those looking to see the local media darlings in the flesh, Japandroids play the Biltmore Cabaret on December 2.